UFC 316 reside research and effects: Dvalishvili vs. O’Malley 2

Both the UFC males’s and girls’s bantamweight belts will probably be at the line at UFC 316 from Newark, New Jersey, on Saturday (10 p.m. ET on ESPN PPV, with prelims at 8 p.m. on ESPN/ESPN+/Disney+ and early prelims at 6 p.m. on ESPN+/Disney+). Merab Dvalishvili (19-4) will shield his name in a rematch in opposition to Sean O’Malley (18-2) in the principle tournament after Julianna Peña (13-5) guards hers in opposition to Kayla Harrison (18-1). Bantamweight legend Amanda Nunes, who will probably be enshrined within the UFC Hall of Fame later this month, has showed that she plans to go back to problem for the belt once more, regardless of who wins Saturday.

Elsewhere at the UFC 316 card, former Bellator champion Patchy Mix (20-1) makes his UFC debut in opposition to Mario Bautista (15-2), who’s ranked the No. 6 bantamweight in ESPN’s divisional scores. Then, Kelvin Gastelum (20-9) and Joe Pyfer (13-3) face off in a sneaky-good matchup that used to be rescheduled from March.

Follow in conjunction with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Andreas Hale and Dre Waters as they destroy down the motion and consequence from all 13 fights and convey you the points of interest and sounds from Newark.